– APC national chairman Chief Oyegun says the party is not for integrity-challenged politicians currently within the radar of the EFCC
– He welcomes Senators Ita-Giwa, Enoh to the ruling party
– Ita-Giwa says joining the APC is like a home coming for her
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the party is not for integrity-challenged politicians currently within the radar of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Oyegun’s comment comes on the heels of criticisms from some Nigerians that the party is aiming to expand ahead of the 2019 election.
The APC national chairman disclosed on Thursday, May 11, when he received Senators Florence Ita-Giwa and John Enoh at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
He said: “I know that those who do not wish us well often tend to misinterpret some of these happenings as running away, thinking that they would have protection from the EFCC. Of course, I am not aware in your case that anybody is harassing you with the EFCC.
Oyegun says APC not for EFCC-haunted politicians
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“In any case, it is obvious and played out today that we do not offer sanctuary to anybody running from the arms of the law. The evidence is all over the place.”
He continued: “We welcome you to the headquarters of the APC headquarters. It is an honour that has been bestowed on only very few persons. One thing made your presence significant here. Traditionally, the South-south has been the heart of the unity and oneness of this nation, whether during the civil war or post-civil war.
“Of course, our party does not have the presence it ought to have in the South-south. So when people of your calibre join us in the struggle, we from the South-south are particularly glad and happy. On that parochial basis, I welcome you.”
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Responding, Sen. Ita-Giwa said: “Coming to the party is like a home coming, and I am identifying with the people I have known before.
“I feel very comfortable identifying with the calibre of people in the APC. I will like to correct the erroneous notion that I decamped or they call it defection because there is no party to defect from. I personally stopped attending meetings, in the last two years, just because of the impunity there.
“It is on record that in 2015, I had gone to the presidential candidate to say that I was leaving the party, so I was potentially one of the politicians that were forcefully driven out of the party.”
Last month, ZENITHBLOG.com reported that Senators Ita-Giwa and Enoh defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC.
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